Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-12
ROse-Ma rie.


forenoon when passengers from the
sfterward ill-fatcd "Ville de Paris"
found themselves on terra frnia in New
York and am d scenes familiar or
novel, rs suited their previous history
Among the crowd, aud yet apart. was
young woman. slender. fair and with
something diStiRt'te about her simple
dress. 1t was before the DAYS of the
barge Office, but the vexations OF GUS
tomhouse ordeals were sufficiently try
ing. and the girl was very glad to re-
ceive some assistance from a stranger
who noticed her perplexity. He said
he had come TO the dock simply TO take
charge of some artistic housc-furniSh-
ings sent in advance by his sister, and
so he could easily pause a little in exc
cutting his commission.
She did not know how to reach the
address she held in her hand and he
tried to eXplain--and she tried to I'M
derstand.
The difficulty of comprehension arose
not from innate stupidity on either side
but from lack of a common language.
He spoke English well, but French in
differently; she could roll out meodi-
GUS sentences in the Celtic tongue, but
her English was las she is spoke"
However,. the obstacles were all re-
moved, and Mile. Rose Marie de Aldine
was at last, with her French ideas of
or h,,t foo
that she would have To stay at the
battery all day allayed, slowed away in
an up town boarding house kept by
French family.
The next morning Rose Mlrje was in
another quandary. She was to go TO
an instruction bureau on Union square,
and had not Madame Gullaume al
lowed her twelve-year-old daughter 10
show her the way it is doubtful wheth-
er she would have had sufficient conf
dence in her disgraced boarding-school
English to venture.
But No % was reached at last. Vic
torine said ''au rer2ir - and Mile. de
Aldine, with trembling steps. mounted
the stairs and found herself in the
presence OF Madame Schonberg.
rather grand. immaculate persona ge,
who received her with the cOnde scend-
ing nod of monarch, waved her hand
to n sofa, and continued an animated
conversation with man in the window
seat. After long time she babe him
goodbye and turned TO catechise Rose
Marie: Did she have a cool accent ?'
''How long had she lived in Paris ?"
''Not born there with elevated eye
brows)! Gould she teach music ?'
German ?" Italian ?" drawing
and painting p Saviour method p
mo ?' II m-unfortunate.' "How
much experience p None at all ?'
81 do not know how you can get a
situation now; but Will tell you what
you can choose from. Here is a situa-
ton in Portland, Oregon. The salary
is not large, only 5000, as you would be
governess for two children only-but,
oh tho expenses of the journey Two
or three hundred dollars. or more; but
you can borrow, can YOU not?"
Poor Mile. de Aldine shook her head.
That would not do. "Ah, there is some
thing else. An excellent school in
Deleware, principal wishes a French
teacher, young and energetic, one who
would be sure to manage unruly schol-
ars. Some of the outside duties are
mentioned, mere trifes. to be sure.
You would have to 60 out every morn
ing with the omnibus which goes to
pick up the distant scholars. They say
that they would try to see that you had
something to eat before you started, rs
the omnibus leaves before breakfast
time. That they would like to have
you give few lectures during the win
ter, to keep up interest and then there
would be two dancing classes, and they
would like you just to superintend
the pupls-two dormtories. see that
they arc always in time and in order,
and so on. That would not be much.
and then there are five small girls be-
tween six and eight years old. with
whom you would be expected to stay
all the time out of school to amuse
them. No gentlemen allowed on the
premises bedtime; eight O'Clock for all.
It's really an uncommonly nice situa-
ton"
Rose-Marie tried to express thanks
in her broken English, but her courage
failed before such a prospect, and after
more proposals of a similar nature she
was forced to leave in disappointment.
Day after day she made her appear
ance at the "burcau," but the season
was wrong, or something was wrong,
and she never succeeded in establish
ing herself After some weeks she had
delicate boy as a pupil, but he lived
in distant suburb, and for the daily
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